Bottle-handling device.



T. F. LAMB. BOTTLE HANDLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.17.1913.

Patented N v. 3, 1914.

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T. P. LAMB.

BOTTLE HANDLING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.17, 1913.

Patented Nov, 3, 1914.

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BOTTLE-HANIULING DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 17, 1913. Serial No. 754,763.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, THOMAS F. LAMB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useiul Improvements in Bottle-lilandling De made bottles are removed manually in succession from the molds of the bottle-forming machine and placed thence upon an ordi nary table or platform, there is no certainty or exactness as to their relative arrange ment, and they are frequently, through careless handling, set so close together that they are liable to adhere to each other and are also in constant danger of being accidentslly upset or knocked 0d the receiving table. a

The device oi my invention is designed to eliminate these defects through the provision of an apparatus wherein thebottles, as they are successively removed from the bottle forming machine, are placcdin fixed and predetermined positions in which they cannot accidentally stick together or be upset, and in which they ere suitably arranged for removal to the annealing even by the usual worlnnens paddle which takes up a plurality of bottles arranged in a straight row.

The chief novel feature of the invention resides in the provision of a plurality of pockets or wells formed. in s straight row in a temporary bottle-holder, each, of said wells or pockets having av vertically movable lifter therein the upper end or head of which forms a bottle-seat, together with means for simultaneously elevating the heads forming the tops of the wells or pockets as the bot'les are to be removed by the usual paddle to the leer. In the preferred form of the invention, herein illustratcd, the device employs a plurzility of such rows arranged in stepped relation, so that the bottles deposited therein have a limited rest period in which they can harden beyond the sticking point, and also so that one workmen can he filling one row of pockets while another workman is transfier'ring,

the bottles from another row.

The device of my invention. its mode of use, and the advantages secured thereby will be more readily understood when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings which illustrate one practical embodiment of the invention, and inwhich- Figure l'is e front elevation of the completed apparatus as viewed from the left of Fig. 2. lg, 2 is a side elevation as seen from the right of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isen enlarged vertical section through one of the individual bottle-holders of the device, showing a freshly made bottle seatcdtherein.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional detail on the line he of Fig. 1. Fig.6 is a fragmentary topRplan view. referring to the drawings, 10 designates as an entirety a skeleton base-frame, on

which. are mounted in arallel relation three upright rectangular rames 11, 12

13 of difi'erent heights, as clearly shown? n Fig; 2. The frames 11, 12 and 1B are rig idly connected at their upper ends by stepped bars 14. l

The parts thus for described constitutes general supporting and containing frame for three sets oi bottle-receiving and ejecting devices, which are structural duplicates, and the component parts of which will, for the sake of brevity, be identified by thevs'ame reference characters.

Extending between and supported bylthe side bars 14 are three racks each comprising a pair of parallel angle bars 15 rigidly united and spaced at their ends by clips 16 (Fig. 5). Removably seated side by side upon the angle bars 15 and spanning the space the'rebctween are a series of blocks 17, each of which, as best shown in detail view Fig. 3, is formed with a central. pocket or well 18 in the bottom vor which is an sperture 1.9. The pocket or well 18 is of a size to loosely fit a bottle such asQO set therein;

and within the pocket is a litter herein taking the form of a plunger-head 21 that has a loose sliding fit within the pocket and a plunger-stem 22 extending through the aperture 19 in the bottom thereof. In the lower end of the plunger-stem 22 1s a screw 23 affording a simple and convenient means of nicely regulting the extent of upward stroke of the lifter through the device hereinafter mentioned.

Secured to the inner sides of, and extending between the side members of each of the vertical frames 11, 12 and 13 are a pair of inwardly bowed horizontal i'rainepieces 24 that, as best shown in detail View Fig. 4,

for-m supports for a vertical slideway here-- 111 shown as made up of a relatively wide vertical lllilli secured to the frame pieces 2% and a pair of narrow strips 26 secured to and spaced from the plate by bolts 27. Mounted witlnn the slldeway thus formed is a cross-head 28, from which a pin 29 extends through the vertical slot formed between the inner edges of the strips 26.

ltigidly secured to the cross-head 28 is an' upwardly extending V-shaped yoke 30, the upper ends of the arms of which are connee-ted by a horizontal bar 31 so positioned that it lies directly beneath the lower ends of the lifters that are mounted in the pockets or wells 18.. Pivoted on the pin 2O is a downwardly extending link 32, the lower end of which is pivotally connected to a foot-lever 33, this latter being pivoted between its ends on a cross-rod 34 of the baseirame 10, and provided atits outer end with a suitable pedal 35 adapted to be depressed by the foot of the operator to thereby raise the lifter-bar 31 that, in turn, engages and actuates the stems of the bottle-lifters contained within the pockets 18.

As shownfthe three groups of bottle-receiving and elevating devices carried by the supporting frame are all independent of each other in respect to their operation; but theyare assembled in convenient relation in a single supporting or carrying frame, and are well adapted for manual cooperation in forming not only convenient means for receiving and positioning the bottles in a safe manner for subsequent transfer by the Work mans paddle to the annealing oven, but also for ati'ording a sufficient interval or period of rest between the time they are removed from the bottle-forming machine and the time when they are transferred to the annealing oven to allow the bottles to harden beyond the sticking ordenting point.

In the practical operation of the device, the same is positioned adjacent to a bottleinahing machine of the well known rotary type, and the n achiii'e attendant, as the botthe molds successively open, grasps the necks or" the bottles with his tongs and manually sets them in the pockets 18,: filling the sockets of one row in order and then similarly proceeding to fill the pockets of the serene and third rows. While the machine attendant is filling the pockets of one row, the oven attendant, with his paddle, approaches the machine, and placing his foot the pedal 35 uer'taining to a previously row, depresses pedal and thereby simultaneously raises allot the bottles of that row to substantially the level of the upper surface cit the b'loc'ks 17, and, tipping the entire row of bottles onto his paddle, removes his foot from the pedal, allowing the bottle-lifters to drop, and transfers the bottles to the annealing oven, thus emptying the row of pockets for re filling by the bot tie-machine attendant. The provision of the wells or pockets insures not only the uniform spacing of the bottlesand the positioning thereof in a straight row most con venient for subsequent handling by the oven attendant, but it also prevents danger of the soft bottles sticking together as well as danger of accidental overturning of the hot-i forming machine to the oven, thus greatly.

reducing the extent of waste heretofore involvediin the manufacture of bottles as co1npared with the present extensive practice of merely setting the freshly made bottles in more or less irregular order upon a table for subsequent transfer to the leer.

I claiml. In a bottle-handling device, the combination of a frame, a plurality of parallel rows of bottle-holders carried thereby each of said bottle-holders having a bottle-receiving pocket formed with an apertured bottom wall, bottle-lifters slidably fitted within said pockets and having depending stems extending through said apertures, and a plurality of independently operable devices for elevating the bottle-lifters of the several rows, respectively, each of said elevating devices operating to simultaneously raise all the bottle-lifters of its row.

2. In a bottle-handling device, the combination of a frame, a plurality of parallel rows of bottle-holders mounted in stepped arrangement .on the-upper end of said frame, said bottle-holders each having a bottle-receiving pocket formed with an apertured bottom wall, bottle-lifters slidably fitted within said pockets and having depending,

stems eu'tendin through said apertures, a plurality of independent vertically movable ifting frames mounted beneath the several rows of bottle-holders respectively, and foot levers connected to and operating the respec tiveliftin frames.

L11 a bottle-handling device, the combinatiori gt a main frame, a row of'bottleholders mom rted on the upper end of said frame, each of said bottle-holders having a bottle-receiving pocket formed with an apertured bottom wall, bottle-lifters slida depending stems extending through sai apertures, a vertically movable lifting frame mounted on said main frame beneath said row of bottle holders, a foot lever for actusting said lifting frame and a pivoted link conneatiug said heme and lever.

ly fitted within said pockets andhaving 4. In a bottle-handling device, the combination of a mainframe, a row of bottleholders mounted on the upper end of said frame, each of said holders having a bottlereceiving pocket formed with an apertured bottom Wall, bottle-lifters slidably fitted Within said pockets and having depending stems extending through said apertures, a

- slide-way on said main frame, a cross-head engaging said slide-Way, a lifting frame connected to said cross-head and having a horizontal top member extending beneath the stems of said bottle-lifters, and a foot lever connected with and actuating said cross-head.

'5. In a bottle-handlin device, a temporary holder for freshly lown bottles consisting of a block having a pocket or Well formed therein-With a centrally ap'ertured bottom Wall, and a bottle-lifter having a head forming a bottle-seat slidably mounted within said pocket and a depending stem extending through said aperture in t e bottom wall of the ocket.

6. In a bottleandling device, the combination of a main frame having at its up 1' end a pair of parallel horizontal inwar 1y facing angle-bars, a series-of independent. bottle-holders comprising blocks sup orted side by side at their ends on said ang e-bars and each having a pocket or well formed therein with a centrally apertured bottom Wall, bottle-lifters having heads formin bottle-seats slidably mounted'within sai pockets and depending stems extending through said aperturesin the bottom walls of the pockets, screws m the lower ends of said stems for adjusting the operative lengths of the latter, a vertically reciprocable lifter-frame having at its upper end a horizontally disposed bar adapted to simultaneously engage the adjusting screws of said stems on its upward movement and a foot-operated means forraising said lifterframe.

' THOMAS 'F. LAMB.

Witnesses:

F. E. Frmcmnon, G. S. DAYTON. 

